Introduction

Our guiding research questions include:

  • How have Washington public schools been funded in the past few years (NEED YEARS), particularly for districts serving high-poverty and students of color?
  • How have McCleary school finance reforms changed schools funding sources per pupil?
  • How have these changes varied across districts?
  • How do schools spend their resources?

B1: Revenue source for high- and low-poverty districts

Federal, state, and local revenue source for high- and low-poverty districts

B2: Revenue source for districts serving students of color

Federal, state, and local revenue source for districts serving students of color

B3: Spatial distribution of school funding

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Demographic Maps

Revenue Maps

McCleary Maps

Maps of (1) state revenue per pupil; (2) federal revenue per pupil; and (3) local revenue per pupil; (4) total revenue per-pupil

% change in revenue per pupil over 3 year period (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 3 year average) to difference of the two year average (2018-19 and 19-2020), divided by average of pre-McCleary as base to get percentage change

B4: Expenditure categories

In Section B4, we present information about expenditure category by two students groups: low- and high-poverty and students of color and white students.

We focus on the 2019-2020 school year, the second year of the McCleary reform.